For Schools – Elementary School – Recommended Reading

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Book: Beyond the Bake Sale

"Our goal has been to make this book easy to read and easy to use. The chapters are short and ...
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Recommended Reading: The Guide to Engaging Diverse Communities Through Language Exchange

In this book, Rachel Kimbrow provides access to tools and examples of how to arrange a "language exchange" for families ...
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Ohio’s Grand Understandings Project

The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center’s GrandUnderstandings project is designed to provide resources to assist grandfamilies and the educators who ...
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How can I use the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds for Family Engagement?

We provide five recommendations on how to integrate family engagement into your plans ...
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Article: The Development and Sustainability of School-Based Parent Networks in Low-Income Latinx Communities

Source Article When families have strong social networks, children are more likely to succeed in school. The following are selected ...
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Revisiting Family Involvement: A Practice Brief for All School Personnel

Access this practice brief from the American Psychological Association. It offers insights for school personnel as they work with families ...
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Toolkit: How to “Reframe” family engagement in your communications

After three years of research, 72 focused interviews, and more than 6,000 participants, the research conducted by FrameWorks Institute provides ...
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The Process Through Which Family Engagement Leads to Positive Student Outcomes

Dr. Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey and Dr. Howard Sandler from Vanderbilt University developed a visual to explain their theory about the process ...
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